Palm Pre Owners Step This Way
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Why is all this Android iPhone bullshit doing in a Palm Pre thread. Shit or get off the pot. Pull the trigger....whatever. Damn I expect to show up here getting some good News and niggas in here all mushy about what phone they might get. Get a phone and use it, if it ain't a Pre post some where else.
or don't
or don't
good lookin out - didnt think of that or even know a new one is dropping
I feel u but this thread is also for voicing issue that one may have with the phone. Makk has legitimate issues that he has encountered. I'm assuming everyone in here agrees that WebOS is a beast but we have to stop kidding ourselves & acknowledge that we are Palm's guinea pigs to a degree in the usae of this new mobile OS.
I really like WebOS but Palm and Sprint's tactics have resulted in less developers getting behind it and converting apps to run on it. I've seen guys just basically say fuck webos and just jump straight to android.
Sprint's acct fuckery is the final nail though.
If anyone doesn't want to see me talking about shit they dont like they can just use the ignore button.
Makk, where are you right now that you have a poor signal? Do you think T-Mobile or AT&T will have better coverage?
I dunno bruh youre the first person i've heard mention it. At this point I dont even care about Sprint. Cant even leave the country and use my shit except on wifi.
Now this airave unit is totally dead too. Tried to speak to another person in retentions about going month to month and dude was like no its contract or cancel those are the only options. So he tells me he's gonna note my acct and I hang up. Mufucka calls me back on my cell which cant get a signal so his calls drop
then he's copping pleas about wanting to escalate the problem to someone else after he was basically talking shit to me and trying to shape the convo in bullshit terms to obfuscate the fact that what I was saying about the material change of the contract having occurred was correct. Telling me shit about how it looks baad on him if he cant help me and shit This is why I cancelled these bitches last time. They bullshit around until there's no way you'll stick with them then they offer you some grandiose shit and by then its still "fuck you".
Anyway fuck a sprint. I think I will get with Tmobile & Nexus
I got a Pre a few days ago. I didn't play with the Hero too much, but the virtual keyboard was a dealbreaker for me I couldn't type for shit on it. I wasn't paying the ransom they wanted for the touch pro, so I went with the Pre. This is my first smartphone experience, and I must say i'm impressed with it. I guess I'm too ignorant at this point to be disappointed with it yet.
It's a good phone to go with as a 1st smartphone experience. You saved yourself a lot of headaches by saying no to WinMo & the TouchPro. Android & WebOS are great at what they do. Makk's beefs are to be expected from a power user such as himself but I don't foresee you having any major issues based though.
Im at home in SC. I have good coverage area wise but in the house all bets are off.
I didnt have decent coverage inside before when I had ATT , couldnt get a good signal here and tried verizon (alltel) which was the same as Sprint with shittier phones. The past few days has been bad since this airave has been dying. I think its finally dead. I used to be able to get a good signal anywhere in my crib but now its trash. THe Airave won't even come all the way online now. I dunno Im willing to try someone else to see if they work better.
Tmo definitely doesnt have better overall coverage around me. My neighborhood yeah sure but go a 10-20 mile trip off a major interstate and youre probably roaming or dead ass.
Att has great coverage in this region. Really everyone has good coverage right outside my front door. Come inside and good luck. Verizon wont drop calls in my crib which is better than Sprint without the Airave.
I'm probably fucked no matter who I pick as a carrier without a good booster device or voip/chat+audio app.
Its a great phone. Really no other phone on the market can do what it does with multitasking and speed.
WinMo would have me using a prepaid throw away phone. I tried to use my old touch for awhile when replacing a pre..............
its horrible. Its like going from win7 to Windows 3.51.Honestly its a trade off between any of the top phones- pre has speed, multitasking, clean UI and good all around. Iphone and Nexus have more apps, better cams with video, better battery life. Nexus also has multitasking. Iphone doesnt. Iphone has up to 32gb and nicer typing, browsing experience. Only disadvantage truly is global usage. The Verizon Pre solves that though. I just got residual anger from apps, video, battery life, some build quality issues and the bricks in my home being coated with lead or some shit.
Yeah, this dude is trippin, he gonna leave sprint and pay around 30 to 40 extra a month for a phone that has more apps.
Pre + Flash +video camera = Good
The Pre has a better camera than the Nexus and the Iphone, only thing you're really gaining is more apps.
I would stick with the Pre man.... personally but if you trying to sell shoot me a pm with a price you want for it.
actually someone told me how to get att with 28% off
the price for the equivalent of my 450 everything plan is the same and with the discount its the same as sprint but nights start later and no free mobile to any mobile
How does the 3mp pre cam workout to be better than a 5mp nexus cam?
I havent seen a head to head with the nexus vs pre or any actual nexus pics but if you have point them out to me.
actually i dont really give a shit about flash- i care more about apps
that said wifi tether i will miss
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actually someone told me how to get att with 28% off
the price for the equivalent of my 450 everything plan is the same and with the discount its the same as sprint but nights start later and no free mobile to any mobile
How does the 3mp pre cam workout to be better than a 5mp nexus cam?
I havent seen a head to head with the nexus vs pre or any actual nexus pics but if you have point them out to me.
actually i dont really give a shit about flash- i care more about apps
that said wifi tether i will miss
Yeah, you'll miss that tethering but you can use pdanet with android.
I'm trying to find a direct comparison between cameras on the pre and the iphone and nexus but the droid camera wasn't great and that was also 5m. I wouldn't expect the Nexus camera to be all that, I expect the 3gs to have a better camera.
I found this but of course it's bias...
http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/223641-marveling-pres-camera-3.html
the nexus is better hardware than the hero/mytouch/droid afaik
ive seen the nexus vs iphone 3gs and vs mtouch3g (le) and it isnt in the same class as the mytouch. colors are better, processor is faster just overall better. the minimizing and enlarging text on webpages is wack but they just added multitouch to it so that might have added those pinching gestures
one thing id have with iphone is taking pictures of checks to deposit them which is cool as fuck. another thing is right now i use a ipod touch and a pre so I carry both around. with the iphone i wouldnt need to do that. with the nexus i dunno.
i cant checkout the nexus in person either. with the exception of apps/travel/battery life I think the other differences are negligible.
okay - just saw nexus one pics - its a good 5mp cam - the pre cam is good but not this good and it has good photo settings including white balance
look at the original flicks in the pool- shit is nice
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nexusone/pool/page2/
http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/nexus-one-killer-camera/
damn it does 720p video
oh another thing that others cant match is the palm backup service - that shit is tight with remote erase too
damn man i keep noticing nobody is comparing the pre to the nexus
check out this review
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Google-Nexus-One.htm
only the nokia n900 has a better camera and its only a little better.
im bout to order this joint now
flash comes out for it soon too- from what i read flash is enabled in the next webos drop but that is only enabled in the OS it doesnt come with flash for webos
hopefully thats wrong
im jumpin ship negroes
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check out this review
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Google-Nexus-One.htm
only the nokia n900 has a better camera and its only a little better.
im bout to order this joint now
flash comes out for it soon too- from what i read flash is enabled in the next webos drop but that is only enabled in the OS it doesnt come with flash for webos
hopefully thats wrong
im jumpin ship negroes
one
Well Makk, whatever you decide good luck. I know your beef is more with Sprint than the Pre anyways. I'm gonna hold the fort down with the others for now. I hope another WebOS device comes out with a candybar formfactor soon though.
Why a candy bar form factor ? o alm will most likely release something different. Fact is the Pre form factor ain't that bad. Yeah it could be a bit more durable and it could definatly use some improvements but aside from the Nexus One I don't see another phone that is so much better than the Pre to get me to switch. The Nexus on the otherhand is a monster and by the sounds of it it's just the first of many to hit the market. Still the Pre holds Don't expect Palm to release a Phone that looks like the competion. They never have.
I don't like the feel whenever I try to type anything on webpages that are viewed in horizontal mode. It feels very ackward. Plus a candybar formfactor would allow for more spread out keys no matter if it has a slide out keyboard or not. I just feel that the slider formfactor isn't best for usage on smartphone platforms. Hell slider formfactors also take away from the screen size which we all know is crucial when using any kind of mobile OS. WebOS would definitely benefit from being offered on a variety of different formfactors IMO.
go suck a 15 day dick faggot
I kinda doubt theyd go candybar. That would be really out of character for them. Maybe dude from Apple will see the writing on the wall though.
Im not even that mad at Sprint. They cant help being fucked up customer service wise. They just went back on their word a few times already and the bullshit deception with Retention just let me know its time to bounce.
I actually peeped game on how to really get over on cell companies so I aint mad at all. The Pre is dope but if you watch the Nexus1 in action you're gonna be like whoa. That 1ghz snap dragon processor is a beast.
Man I was still evaluating when I started really seeing what the Nexus could do and I pulled the trigger. The Pre is dope though. I don't see candybar as a better form factor. Plenty of Winmo candybars even with good hardware (as good as the nexus) that I wouldnt pay $5 for.
Tons of droid joints coming out. Winmo is in trouble. I dont think it bodes well for WebOS either. Alotta devs are going to head over to the Android platform which means apps aren't going to ever be as good selection wise as Apple or Android. I think WebOS(especially if they license it to other hardware makers) is good enough to keep a niche market but really without a merger or something revolutionary I dont see Palm and WebOS being anything more than treo level successes. Just some shit to keep Palm afloat. I think build quality hurt Palm way more than they thought it would with the Pre too. Its gonna be interesting to see if Verizon can make the Pre relevant again. Their ad campaign seems decent.
I like the organization of bookmarks and launchers in the Pre but when it comes to looking at web pages I prefer my ipod Touch. The onscreen keyboard in landscape mode is nice and the virtual keyboard is decent. I am used to the Pre's keyboard so virtuals feel weird to me now. Screen size isnt that big a deal since its all tiny but I will take every pixel I can get.
I really dont like the Pre slider. I have to touch the screen in order to open the phone- its a little more difficult with the hard case I have but it actually makes the phone more sturdy and gives it a better feel. Looking at web content in landscape and having to type something gets stupid because you can either type sideways or reorient the phone and resize the page. Little things, but if you do them enough it could piss you off.
Exactly my point. That & trying to move the cursor to a specific spot while in landscape mode can make me wanna rip out my hair at times. That's why I was saying I'd like to see a candybar formfactor WebOS device.
According to the Buzz Palm is only a company 1000 strong. That ain't many people...the Pre works...could it work better....yes is it a Iphone killer ? no. Nexus killer ? no It's just a good phone not the best not the worst. what gives ?
what i fuckin hate is when you're using text fields and the text in there is longer than what's displayed. There's no arrow keys to advance the cursor and the only way to see what's there is to cut that visible text or delete it.
Damn I didnt realize they were(or got) that small. I dont understand your what gives question. If you're asking what gives on the criticism - I, like others, thought they could have done it better and the device could easily have been a bigger winner than it has been. I don't think any of the criticism is unrealistic -1000 employees or not. I haven't forgot this is 1st gen hardware and software or that it singlehandedly pulled Palm out of the abyss. Life is tough on the bleeding edge but the rewards can be nice. I have no problem talking shit or praising tech stuff. I'm not a fanboy even when I love a product and I definitely love the pre but the Nexus has bigger titties and a tighter pussy.
Id rather not have a phone than to have fucking T-Mobile. GTFO with that nonsense.
Can that shit be flashed to work with Sprint?
Nope. Totally different radio frequencies. T-Mobile & AT&T use GSM while VZW & Sprint use CDMA.
I'd rather not have a phone than fuck with Sprint ever again. The bullshit these bitches put me through just trying to cancel the account was crazy. Lying no good mufuckas.
Nah but a CDMA version is coming out in a few months supposedly- not sure if it will be on SPrint though. Verizon is getting a cdma version.
I heard the update is supposed to roll out today, anybody got that?
I dont know about a full update
but we're supposed to get flash this month through the app catalog
http://www.precentral.net/flash-webos-confirmed-february
im about to go makks route tho
i just dont want to lose the cheap bill
but its taking way to long for us to get simple shit like a camcorder when hackers already layed the groundwork
I went Makk's route already as well. I'm now a N1 owner on a non contract plan for T-Mobile. Only $60/month for 500 mins w/ unlimited text & web. The N1 really is a beast!
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